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.TH pbs_iff 8B "18 October 2017" Local "PBS Professional"
.SH NAME
.B pbs_iff
\- tests authentication with the server
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pbs_iff 
[-t] <server host> <server port>

.B pbs_iff 
--version
.SH DESCRIPTION
Called from the pbs_connect() IFL API to authenticate a connection
with the PBS server.  Designed to be called internally by PBS commands
and components, to be used by our IFL layer to talk to the server.

If 
.B pbs_iff
cannot authenticate, it returns an error message.

.B Required Privilege
.br
Can be run by any user.

It's a setuid root binary so it runs as the user who requests a
connection to a server but it becomes root so that it can grab a
privileged port.

.SH OPTIONS TO pbs_iff
.IP "-t" 10
Test mode; means test whether 
.B pbs_iff 
can authenticate with the server
.IP "--version" 10
Reports version and exits; can only be used alone

.SH ARGUMENTS TO pbs_iff
.IP "daemon host" 10
Host where server is running
.IP "daemon port" 10
Port on which server is listening; default is 15001

.SH EXIT STATUS
.IP "Zero" 10
If 
.B pbs_iff 
is able to contact the server at the specified port
.IP "Non-zero" 10
If 
.B pbs_iff 
is unable to contact the server at the specified port
